Rail-joint fastener.



No. 824,909. I PATBNTED JULY s, 190s. o. B. GRANPQRD JL s. J. HJNTON. RAIL JOINT PASTENBR.

kAPPLIGA'I'IOI! FILED I\IAR.31,19OG.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application led March 3l. 1906. Serial No. 309.193.

To all whowt it may concern:

Be it known thatl we, CHARLES E. CRAN- Fonn and SAMUEL J. HINTON, citizens of the United States, residing at Ora, in the county of Covington and State of Mississippi, have invented a nen and useful Rail-Joint Fastener, of which the following is a specilication.

rlhis invention relates to a `combined railjoint and fastener; and its object is to rovide a simple and durable'device of this c aracter which can be readily placed in position against the adjoining ends of rails and which will clamp upon said rails' and hold them firmly in place.

T he invention consists of a chair having a slotted lateral extension at one end, while its other end is shaped to lit against one side of the web of a rail. The other side of said railweb is adapted to be contacted by a clamping-plate having an integral tongue insertible through the slot in the chair extension, and means are provided for drawing the two ends of the clamp and plate extension. 'together and fastening them so as to cause the end of the rail to be tightly clamped. The two parts of tin` device are adapted to be fastened to the rail by a bolt, as ordinarily.

The invention also consists of certain other `novel features of construction and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims. ln theI accompanying drawings is shown .the preferred form of the invention.

in said drawings, Figure 1 is a plan View of the fastener in position. Fig. 2 is a section therethrough, and Figs. Band 4. are detail views of the two parts of the fastener.

Referring to the figures by numerals of reference, 1 1 are ties extending under the end portions ol two adjoining rails 2 2 there being sufficient space between the ties to receive a broad plate 3, constituting a chair and havine an upturned angular flange 4 at one end,

adapted to overlap the outer base-flangesI nl the rails and to ht snugly againstrthewebs thereof.

The plate 3 is formed 'with an extension 5 of anypreferred length and which bears on a cross-liar 6, connecting the two tie-t 1 at a point between rails of the track. A Y.raiisversely-extending slot 7 is formed in the extension 5 and is adapted to receive a tongue S, formed with a' clamping-plate 9. This plate is angular in form, so as to overlap and' iit snugly against the inner base-flanges and the webs of the rails. The tongue 8 extends longitudinally under the extension 5 and receives a bolt 10, which projects from the end of the extension and from the cross-bar 6, and by securing a nut 1 1 upon this bolt the tongue S can be drawn toward the cross-bar 6, sons to` swing the clamp-plate 9 against the rails and cause them to be tightly clamped upon the an ular flange of the plate 3. This fiange an the plate 9 are provided with openings, 12 for the reception of bolts 13, adapted to extend throu h the rails and prevent them from becoming (fisplaced longitudinally in relation to the'fastenin device.

The device erein described is not only adapted for use in connecting the ends of rails, but is also serviceable in repairing broken rails'. Moreover, asvery broad faces are presented to the rails by the flange 4 and the clamping-plate 9 it becomes unnecessary to extend more than one bolt 13 through each end of each rail.

What is claimed Vis--- 1. The combinvation with a base-plate having a rail-engaging flange at one end and an extension at its other end; of a clampingplate having an integral tongue fulcrumed upon the base-plate, and means extending through said extension and tongue for adjusting said tongue in relation to the extension of the base-plate to clamp the rail between the Bange and clampin -plate.

2. The combination with a ase-plate having a rail-engaginr 'flange at one end and an extension at lts ot 1er end; of a rail-clamping ,plate having an integral tongue extendin from and fulcrumed uponA the base-plate, an means 'for adjusting said tongue toward the extension.

3. The combination with a base-plate having a rail-engaging flange at one end and an extension at its other end, said plate being provided with a slot; of a clamping-plate having an integral tongue extending through the slot, and meansI engaging the tongue and eX- tension for drawing them together.

4. The combination with a base-plate'having an angular rail-engaging flange at one end, and an extension atl its other end, said plate having a slot therein; of a clamping-plate having a tongue-extending through the slot, and adjustable means engaging the tongue and extension for drawing them together.

5. The combination with abutting rails and a bar supported'adjacent thereto, of a base-plate extending under'the ends of the rails and having an angular rail-engaging iiange at one end and an extension at its other IOC and,v Said extension resting upon H10 hm: u clamping-plaie having a tongue extunding through the msemlate and under the bm', means within the mi, extensiwn. and Longm fOr adjusting the ,same toward each other.

6. The combination with abutting rails, of f n bar :supported adjacent therein, nl a, basephate'extendug under the ends of i hv [m15 and havingaln angular rail-engaging Hang@ at one mldmld an extension at its oher end, said extension resting upon thu mr, a dampingsx hzpvng a tongue extending through the gggpate and under che bar, means within thv nur, vxivnshn. und inngnb for adjnSing ,ihn mum toward vzmh other, :1mi moans fm' 

